Victoroff V M
Am J Psychiatry. 1977 Jul;134(7):752-5. doi: 10.1176/ajp.134.7.752.
The author describes how the Ohio Psychiatric Association (OPA) worked with the state legislature to ensure that the revision of Ohio's laws regarding involuntary commitment of the mentally ill reflected what psychiatrists felt to be in the best interests of patients. The OPA was successful in changing the definition of "persons subject to hospitalization by court order," in abolishing suggested 90-day and 180-day limits on the hospitalization of certain kinds of patients, in supporting the participation of psychologists in the admission process after the presence of a medical examiner had been affirmed, and in protecting the confidentiality of private patients' records.
作者描述了俄亥俄州精神病学协会（OPA）如何与州立法机构合作，以确保俄亥俄州关于非自愿收治精神病患者的法律修订反映出精神病医生认为符合患者最佳利益的内容。OPA成功地改变了“经法院命令住院治疗的人员”的定义，废除了对某些类型患者建议的90天和180天住院期限限制，支持在确认有医学检查人员在场后心理学家参与收治过程，并保护私人患者记录的保密性。
